Hair curler



Patented June 17, 1941 HAIR CURLER Albert E. Ritchie, Buffalo, N. Y., assigner to Wildroot Co., Inc., Buialo, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 1, 1940, Serial No. 359,257

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a hair curler and has for its object the production of a device for this purpose which is very simple and inexpensive in construction, capable of being easily manipi ulated and effectively holds the hair in the form of a wound roll until the same has become set in the form of a curl.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the hair curler embodying this improvement showing the same in an open condition preparatory to winding hair around the body thereof.

Fig. 2 is a Similar View showing the parts in a closed position and hair wound on the body and held thereon by means constructed in accord- ,.ance with this invention.

Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sections, on an enlarged scale, taken on the correspondingly numbered lines in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal section taken on line 5-5, Fig. 4.

In the following description similar reference characters indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawing:

In general this hair curler comprises a main section or body which has the form of an vopen frame around which the hair is wound in the form of a roll, and a retainer whereby the hair is held in a wound up condition on the frame so that the same has the form of a curl when released.

In the form of this hair curler shown in Figs. 1-5, the body is preferably constructed from a single piece of wire which is bent to form two longitudinal side rods I0, III which are spaced apart transversely a considerable distance, a bow or cross-piece II connecting the front ends of these rods and two eyes I2, I3 projecting inwardly from therespective rear ends of the side rods and overlying one another. The inner eye I2 is provided with a body stop I4 which is formed on the inner end of this eye and extends -diametrically across the opening of this eye.

The curl retainer may also be made from a single piece of wire so as to form two longitudinal inner rods I5, I5 which are arranged midway between the side rods but spaced closer together, a bow or crosspiece I6 connecting the front ends of the inner rods and forming a front retainer stop, a twist between the rear parts of the inner rods and forming a rear retainer stop I1 thereon, f

body and retainer and upon pushing the retainer forwardly until its rear stop I'I engages the body stop I4 the movement of the retainer in this direction relative to the body will be limited.

Although this hair curler may be used in various ways the same is preferably operated as follows for curling a strand or mass of hair:

The body and retainer are now opened until the front stop I6 of the latter is close to the body Istop I4, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, or engages therewith and then the tip portion of the strand of hair is laid across the two side rods of the body after which the retainer is -pushed forwardly over one side of the hair on the body and engaged at its front end with the opposite side of the front crosspiece of the body, thereby gripping or clamping the end of the strand of hair between the body and retainer of the curler. The curler is then turned as many times as is necessary to produce the number of windings of tubular form on the strand of hair. Thereafter the retainer is withdrawn rearwardly from the inner side of the tubular windings of hair and then pushed forwardly so as to engage its central part with the exterior of these windings on one side of the body and also engage its front end with the opposite side of the hair wound on the body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The curler is now left in this closed position on the roll of wound hair until the same has set sufficiently to retain its curled condition when free after which lthe curler is removed from the hair by moving the body and retainer in the proper direction for opening the same to the position shown in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention:

A hair curler comprising a body for supporting a roll of hair and a retainer for holding said roll on the body; said body having the form of a frame including two spaced longitudinal rods which are adapted to engage with the inner side oi said roll, a transverse bow connecting the front ends of said rods, two inwardly projecting eyes overlying one another and each eye having one end connected with the rear end of one of said rods, and a frame stop formed on the opposite end of one of said eyes and extending diametrically across the openings of the eyes; and said retainer having two spaced longitudinal rods which slide lengthwise in said eyes and are adapted to engage with the outergside of said roll and which receive between them said body stop, a cross connection between the front ends of said retainer rods adapted to engage the inner side of said body stop, and a cross connection between the rear ends of said retainer rods adapted to engage the outer side of said body stop.

ALBERT E. RITCHIE. f 

